#DED356#DED356

#DED356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED356
RGB	rgb(222, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -11.25, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 62.48, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0357 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1002, 62.7920, 18.0199)
Luminance	0.6279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED356 #5661DE

analogous

#DE8F56 #DED356 #A5DE56

triadic

#DED356 #56DED3 #D356DE

tetradic

#DED356 #56DE8F #5661DE #DE56A5

square

#DED356 #56DE8F #5661DE #DE56A5

split-complementary

#DED356 #56A5DE #8F56DE

monochromatic

#9B911E #CEC128 #DED356 #E8E089 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DED356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED356

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED356	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe08b',
    500: '#ded356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded356;
$custom-light: #ebe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85245,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED356

secondary

#39419F

accent

#25CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED356

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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